Wednesday, February 8, 2012

‘Crime’ News

2 murders in 1 weekend, no arrests

2 murders in 1 weekend, no arrests

Friday, December 16, 2011 16:12

[caption id="attachment_11308" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="George Rochester, Jr."][/caption] Tuesday, December 13, 2011 As the murder rate escalates, police are still clueless as to who are the ones responsible for the nation’s latest homicides in less than two days.  The first one was reported last ...

Edward Buller gets 16 years for manslaughter

Edward Buller gets 16 years for manslaughter

Friday, September 30, 2011 14:44

BELIZE CITY, Wed. Sept. 28, 2011 By Roy Davis Edward Buller, 50, who was charged with the murder of Ella May Bennett, 41, and was convicted of manslaughter on September 19, was sentenced to 16 years today by Justice Adolph Lucas. Before he ...

BDF Lieutenant robbed at gunpoint

BDF Lieutenant robbed at gunpoint

Friday, September 30, 2011 14:42

BELIZE CITY, Wed. Sept. 28, 2011 By Roy Davis Clarence Grant, 28, a fisherman of Ontario Village who allegedly robbed BDF Lieutenant Zane Duhaney at gunpoint, was charged with robbery when he appeared today in the 36 Magistrate’s Court. Grant pleaded not guilty ...

Father & son sentenced for stealing 20 sacks of oranges

Father & son sentenced for stealing 20 sacks of oranges

Friday, August 5, 2011 13:22

[caption id="attachment_9228" align="alignleft" width="350" caption="Jose Luis Xol & Crusanto Xol"][/caption] BELIZE CITY, Wed. Aug. 3, 2011 Two Guatemalan illegal immigrants, Crusanto Xol, 48, and his son, Jose Luis Xol, 23, pleaded guilty to the theft of 20 sacks of oranges when they appeared ...

Young man murdered in Cotton Tree after parting fight

Young man murdered in Cotton Tree after parting fight

Friday, August 5, 2011 12:42

Wednesday, August 3, 2011 A mother is mourning the loss of her son after he was murdered while on vacation in Cotton Tree Village. Desiree Hemsley says that Thaddeus Castillo, 21, had just gone with his two younger brothers to vacation ...

Young father killed viciously in Cayo

Young father killed viciously in Cayo

Thursday, July 7, 2011 15:05

[caption id="attachment_8748" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Orlando “Lando” Rodriguez"][/caption] Wednesday, July 6, 2011 The ordinarily peaceful village of Frank’s Eddy along mile 38 on the Western Highway was the venue for the nation’s latest, bloodiest and perhaps, most mysterious murder of recent times.  It occurred ...

Marin sentenced to 24 years for Kidnapping & Robbery

Thursday, June 30, 2011 20:23

BELIZE CITY, Wed. June 29, 2011 By Roy Davis Solomon Marin Jr., 27, a resident of Dangriga charged with robbery and kidnapping, was sentenced to 10 years for each count today in the Belmopan Magistrate’s Court after he was found guilty of the charges. Justice Troadio Gonzalez, who imposed the sentences, stipulated that ...

More bloodshed! Three murders in the city, one in Cayo

More bloodshed! Three murders in the city, one in Cayo

Thursday, June 30, 2011 20:22

[caption id="attachment_8614" align="alignleft" width="153" caption="James Lemoth"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_8615" align="alignleft" width="176" caption="Jessem Gladden"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_8616" align="alignleft" width="204" caption="Anthony Trapp"][/caption] Wednesday, June 29, 2011 Just when the mourning and ...

Woman brutally attacked in OW home invasion

Woman brutally attacked in OW home invasion

Thursday, June 16, 2011 18:28

Orange Walk District, June 13, 2011 By Carmelita Perez 52 year old Maria Elena Baeza, who was found with several chop wounds to her head and face on a feeder road off Yo Creek Road in the Orange Walk District, remains in ...

Nine weekend shootings; two fatalities

Nine weekend shootings; two fatalities

Thursday, May 12, 2011 19:25

[caption id="attachment_7936" align="alignleft" width="253" caption="Donovan Bailey"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_7937" align="alignleft" width="253" caption="Jerome Wade"][/caption] Wednesday, May 9, 2011 The shooting rampage has reached another high it seems, with a ridiculously high number of gun assaults over the ...